beenz
Rap Guerilla
same type of shyt bill gates says. I mean he's ONLY gonna leave them a few billi. not a hundred billi.
Shaq to his kids: "We not rich, IM rich. Im not giving you nothing"
- Thread starter keond
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The point I was trying to make is even if he leaves them nothing they’ve been collecting their whole lives. And “nothing” is just like you said; enough to be set for life just not Forbes 500 money.
Dameon Farrow
Superstar
Always having to start at square one is not how you get ahead. We'll get it one day...or not.
Dameon Farrow
Superstar
Like if you don't have it to give I get it but if you got it help your kids out. They are buying the same groceries you do. You won't hear a white person with his wealth say shyt like this.
We will never learn. Too busy trying to pose those instead of cultivating them fields.
Toe Jay Simpson
Searchin’
I would make my kids believe that but make sure everything is actually passed on to them, unless they just flat out dont deserve it or would ruin themselves with it
Generation wealth is one of the main things keeping blacks back
Generation wealth is one of the main things keeping blacks back
get these nets
Veteran
Bump
TheAnointedOne
Superstar
There was a former NFL player (who's a millionaire) who said he'd never give his kids 'ghetto names' because they won't be hirable.
As a millionaire it's weird to worry about the hireability of your kids.
As a millionaire it's weird to worry about the hireability of your kids.
No, it's not. The rate at which Black children born into wealth fall out of being wealthy is more than concerning. It's why I shake my head seeing the children of Black celebrity trying to get into the entertainment industry instead of going to college and becoming a doctor or some shyt.
I want to make clear that I do not encourage or support respectability politics, but being a child of a millionaire doesn't mean you won't have to seek a job in the dominant society.
Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys (Published 2018)
A study of 20 million children shows the fragility of the American Dream.
www.nytimes.com
holdup..... he got a son?????
I thought he was BussySet?
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Yup. Anderson Cooper is a Vanderbilt and he didn't get a huge inheritance by rich people's standards either. His mom blew it all according to him.
I guarantee these wealthy black men/women money/assets come with extreme stipulations. Notice how the majority of their money/possessions never get handed down to their family without ultimate obstacles if at all.
ThrobbingHood
“I’m Sorry for 2025”
I have to disagree here. That’s the exact problem. We should be preparing them to be owners and not workers. Their name should not be a determining factor.
I appreciate the article you posted but that mentality is part of the problem. If you manage to beat the odds and become black and wealthy, you should prepare your children to take over your assets.
If you’re more concerned with their hire-ability then you’ve already gone into the mindset of failure. Passing down jobs is passing down poverty. Our children should be inheriting property, tangible assets, stocks.
That’s why Rhianna can name her child RZA and it won’t affect his future prospects because that boy shouldn’t be writing a resume at any point in his life.
